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Ezekiel 21:7

World English Bible

It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

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Ezekiel 21:7 in other translations

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 21:7 · American Standard Version

Ezekiel 21:7 in context

  1. 5All flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.” ’
  2. 6“Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness.
  3. 7It shall be, when they ask you, ‘Why do you sigh?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it comes! Every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”
  4. 8Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
  5. 9“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘Yahweh says:
    “A sword! A sword!
    It is sharpened,
    and also polished.